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Five new galleries opening at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum

06/05/26

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has been undergoing a renovation that began in 2018 and includes the redesign of all 20 galleries, plus a wide range of building repairs and improvements to the buildling. Most of the gallery work has been completed. Five of the seven galleries yet to open […]

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Heathrow 80th Anniversary. Issue date: Wednesday May 27, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jake Mobbs/PA Media Assignments

Heathrow Airport celebrates its 80th anniversary with a sky poem

06/03/26

London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year and is rolling out a variety of celebratory events, including live music, giveaways, virtual reality pop-ups and more. To mark the anniversary, Heathrow has named British writer, poet David Larbi and Tik Tok star as the airport’s first Poet-in-Residence. And Larbi has created “Gateway […]

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Robert Rauschenberg was an avgeek

10/20/25

(“Mercury Zero Summer Glut” 1987, courtesy Robert Rauschenberg Foundation) October 22 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of postmodern artist Robert Rauschberg, who died in 2008 and this year there are wide range of exhibitions and activities to mark the centennial. One of those is Smithsonian Books’ publication of The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the […]

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Amelia Earhart + pizza-inspired art + a snazzy new checkpoint

06/04/25

Summer reading: The Aviator and the Showman If you have a subscription to The New Yorker or can somehow click your way through to access it, be sure to read this revealing and heartstopping story titled: Amelia Earhart’s Reckless Final Flights, by Lauri Gwen Shapiro. It’s taken from Shapiro’s soon-to-be-published book The Aviator and the […]

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Celebrating the centennial of the first around the world flight

09/24/24

On April 6, 1924, four U.S. Army planes, each with two crewmembers, took off from what was then Sand Point Airfield in Seattle. Their goal was to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe by air. The four planes were Douglas World Cruisers and they were named Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans. Due to […]

Int’l Women’s Day Aviation Round-Up

03/09/24

March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day. Here’s how some airports and aviation museums and others marked the day. There’s a lot you can learn in a quick scroll.

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Aviation lore & more at St. Petersburg Museum of History

02/21/24

In Florida, the St. Petersburg Museum of History displays a replica of the Benoist XIV airboat used for the first scheduled airline service, which operated nearby. On January 1, 1914, the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line began flying across Tampa Bay. The flight covered 18 miles and 23 minutes. That journey was 11 hours faster than […]

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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport turns 50

01/11/24

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) turns 50 on January 13 and is kicking off a year-long party to celebrate. Events begin Saturday morning with 50th-anniversary giveaways including a special limited edition Coca-Cola bottle, selfie stations, and surprise performances in select terminals during the day. Passengers arriving on AA Flight 3589 from Little Rock, Ark., will […]

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Digging into the history of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

12/19/23

(The Concorde visits DFW Airport – courtesy Frontiers of Flight Museum) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) turns 50 in January 2024 and the Stuck at the Airport team has been doing a little digging into the airport’s history. We’ll be back with more finds, but we wanted to share this short video we found […]

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